Aerial image provides one of the best looks into Super Nintendo World that we've seen since it was announced - And it looks GLORIOUS

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

Things to note:

Some sort of 'Factory' at the bottom level. It remains to be seen if this is a gift shop or something else.
Entrance to the upcoming Donkey Kong mini-land is a concrete archway near the parking lot
Yoshi's Adventure is definitely the name of the Yoshi omnimover attraction. We knew this from the leaked model, but it's nice to get confirmation.
Stage at the bottom of the land
Pokeys and those weird bird enemies from Super Mario 3D World are in,
Some sort of open section near the entrance to what will be the DK section

Super Nintendo World will open at Universal Studios Japan first (pictured here) at an unspecified time in 2020/2021 due to COVID. It will then open at Universal Studios Hollywood (2021/2022), Universal's Epic Universe (2024) and Universal Studios Singapore (unknown).

erekiddo · May 28, 2020

Isn’t it kind of... small? Looks good regardless.

MillionIII · May 28, 2020

Gonna be crowded af

Celestine · May 28, 2020

Omg go away covid i wanna go
Seriously think I'll hit it up when we have a corona vaccine. Looks so cool.

Edit: does look small though

Deleted member 28386 · May 28, 2020

If I can I’ll go and hit it up later this year. I’d love in the future if they remodel it a bit for Halloween with Boos and such. Halloween is usually the most popular season at USJ because of the event staff and everything.

Last_colossi · May 28, 2020

Yeah judging by the size of the cars that looks tiny.

Dyle · May 28, 2020

Updates have been slow since the park closed but it looks like work has been progressing well

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

Last_colossi said:
Yeah that looks tiny.

Multi-level. More space than meets the eye.

ExoExplorer · May 28, 2020

I can't wait for the park in Orlando to open! This shot looks amazing.

Arttemis · May 28, 2020

Weren't there plans to create one of these in Orlando, too? Or did those get scrapped?

Aaronrules380 · May 28, 2020

Arttemis said:
Weren't there plans to create one of these in Orlando, too? Or did those get scrapped?

Yeah but Tokyo was always planned to be first since they wanted it ready for the olympics

SkimpyMcChicken · May 28, 2020

I just can't believe they aren't calling it Nintendoland

halfjoey · May 28, 2020

That looks very compact. I’m sure they want your entire vision taken up by something Mario related but that looks claustrophobic.

Also the angle could be hiding more walking space and the view makes it look like a miniature.

Jencks · May 28, 2020

Arttemis said:
Weren't there plans to create one of these in Orlando, too? Or did those get scrapped?

Orlando opens in 2023 iirc

I KILL PXLS · May 28, 2020

Oooh baby that's cool.

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

Arttemis said:
Weren't there plans to create one of these in Orlando, too? Or did those get scrapped?

Yes and no. It was originally supposed to go to Universal Studios Florida, but then Universal decided to delay it and build it with the new Orlando park instead.

Last_colossi · May 28, 2020

Lintemuth-Studios said:
Multi-level. More space than meets the eye.

Ah ok, just zoomed in a bit more and yeah that's definitely some 2 or 3 story buildings in there, it's dense but it is still a bit small ground-wise. Hopefully if it does well they'll expand it in the future.

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

Last_colossi said:
Ah ok, just zoomed in a bit more and yeah that's definitely some 2 or 3 story buildings in there, it's dense but it is still a bit small ground-wise. Hopefully if it does well they'll expand it in the future.

Oh, they will *eyes the Donkey Kong entry arch in the back*

Arttemis · May 28, 2020

Aaronrules380 said:
Yeah but Tokyo was always planned to be first since they wanted it ready for the olympics

Jencks said:
Orlando opens in 2023 iirc

Lintemuth-Studios said:
Yes and no. It was originally supposed to go to Universal Studios Florida, but then Universal decided to delay it and build it with the new Orlando park instead.

Assuming there's a vaccine for COVID by then, I'll happily visit the additions to Orlando! The newest water park was pretty awesome (though if price is an issue, Tampa has a much more affordable water park). The in-laws are only 90-120 min away from Orlando, so it's pretty convenient!

DarkSora · May 28, 2020

Please be open for my October trip. I know construction hasn't stopped with the virus, thankfully.

Jencks said:
Orlando opens in 2023 iirc

It would open up with the new land, Epic Universe. But Uni basically halted construction until the economy improves so who knows when it'll be open at this point.

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

Arttemis said:
Assuming there's a vaccine for COVID by then, I'll happily visit the additions to Orlando! The newest water park was pretty awesome (though if price is an issue, Tampa has a much more affordable water park). The in-laws are only 90-120 min away from Orlando, so it's pretty convenient!

Epic Universe is opening in 2024, so there will almost undoubtedly be a vaccine before then.

Kupo Kupopo · May 28, 2020

Erekiddo said:
Isn’t it kind of... small? Looks good regardless.

seriously! what the hell is this? a museum, maybe? no way it's a theme park...

Soul Lab · May 28, 2020

linkman26 said:
Please be open for my October trip. I know construction hasn't stopped with the virus, thankfully.

This is exactly my thought

MadraptorMan · May 28, 2020

It looks almost exclusively like Mario land. Is there no Zelda/Kirby/Metroid/Pokemon/F-Zero/Star Fox/Pikmin/Splatoon/Animal Crossing stuff in this?

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

linkman26 said:
Please be open for my October trip. I know construction hasn't stopped with the virus, thankfully.

It would open up with the new land, Epic Universe. But Uni basically halted construction until the economy improves so who knows when it'll be open at this point.

Unless there's a vaccine, I would not visit this land under any circumstances. Everything is made to be touched and the land is pretty small.

Chaosblade · May 28, 2020

Doesn't seem that small to me? I was at Universal Orlando last summer and that seems comparable in size to most of different themed sections there.

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

MadraptorMan said:
It looks almost exclusively like Mario land. Is there no Zelda/Kirby/Metroid/Pokemon/F-Zero/Star Fox/Pikmin/Splatoon/Animal Crossing stuff in this?

It's weird. Pikmin is rumored to be in and Zelda/Pokemon are set to come later at different parks. They wanted to make an immersive land, and you can't do that with a bunch of random unrelated IP's next to each other

MadraptorMan · May 28, 2020

Lintemuth-Studios said:
It's weird. Pikmin is rumored to be in and Zelda/Pokemon are set to come later at different parks. They wanted to make an immersive land, and you can't do that with a bunch of random unrelated IP's next to each other

I guess that's fair, but it IS called Super Nintendo World. I guess I can wait until they add the other parks then.

Sneaky Gato · May 28, 2020

Arttemis said:
Weren't there plans to create one of these in Orlando, too? Or did those get scrapped?

Yes Nintendo World was originally planned to replace Kids Zone at Islands of Adventure in Orlando when it was announced back in 2015. Since then it has been moved to the brand new park, Epic Universe, that Universal is building just south of IoA. That was planned to be opened in 2023 with initial construction starting last year but Covid has delayed opening now to 2024. From everything we have heard it will be an anchor for the new land with lots of expansion planned for the future. I follow Alicia on youtube since she is by far the most trusted Universal theme park insider. Here is her newest summary on the planned park.

Arttemis · May 28, 2020

Sneaky Gato said:
Yes Nintendo World was originally planned to replace Kids Zone at Islands of Adventure in Orlando when it was announced back in 2015. Since then it has been moved to the brand new park, Epic Universe, that Universal is building just south of IoA. That was planned to be opened in 2023 with initial construction starting last year but Covid has delayed opening now to 2024. From everything we have heard it will be an anchor for the new land with lots of expansion planned for the future. I follow Alicia on youtube since she is by far the most trusted Universal theme park insider. Here is her newest summary on the planned park.

Thank you for the link! I'm listening now!

JCal · May 28, 2020

Sooo colorful. Holy shiza, that's cool!

BrickArts295 · May 28, 2020

Seems about more or less the size of Galaxy's Edge main area but with a bit more verticality.

Looks great either way.

bounchfx · May 28, 2020

that looks cool but like 1/6th of the size i expected

MrConbon210 · May 28, 2020

So upset the Universal version was delayed

Magic-Man · May 28, 2020

MrConbon210 said:
So upset the Universal version was delayed

But.... this is Universal tho ;)

MrConbon210 · May 28, 2020

Sneaky Gato said:
Yes Nintendo World was originally planned to replace Kids Zone at Islands of Adventure in Orlando when it was announced back in 2015. Since then it has been moved to the brand new park, Epic Universe, that Universal is building just south of IoA. That was planned to be opened in 2023 with initial construction starting last year but Covid has delayed opening now to 2024. From everything we have heard it will be an anchor for the new land with lots of expansion planned for the future. I follow Alicia on youtube since she is by far the most trusted Universal theme park insider. Here is her newest summary on the planned park.

I think you mean to say Universal Studios. Islands is Adventure doesn’t have Kidzone. It does have Lost Continent however which had rumors about becoming a Zelda land.

MrConbon210 · May 28, 2020

Lintemuth-Studios said:
But.... this is Universal tho ;)

You’re right, I meant Orlando. One too many drinks for me.

Gay Bowser · May 28, 2020

Kupo Kupopo said:
seriously! what the hell is this? a museum, maybe? no way it's a theme park...

It’s a themed land, not an entire theme park.

SiG · May 28, 2020

I know my sister lives in Orlando and soon my folks will be, too. Perhaps a good excuse to visit, then?

Going to have to go on a day when the semester starts so there aren't so many people in the park. In the mornings, too.

Dark Cloud · May 28, 2020

Orlando will be great.

Lord Azrael · May 28, 2020

It looks fucking tiny

xxracerxx · May 28, 2020

Seems teeny tiny.

Mariolee · May 28, 2020

Oh my god it looks just like it did in my dreams when I was a kid.

MrConbon210 · May 28, 2020

Lord Azrael said:
It looks fucking tiny

It’s a themed land in an average sized theme park. Seems roughly the same size as Galaxy’s Edge in Disney. The Orlando version will be bigger as Rey have more land to work with.

Bishop89 · May 28, 2020

Looks great, but also looks extremely small

Herb Alpert · May 28, 2020

Yeah it seems a lot of people were expecting a whole theme Park.
It's a themed Land from a theme Park.

JigglesBunny · May 28, 2020

Mother of God, it really is glorious. Universal has knocked their theming out of the park this past decade, rivaling the best of Disney’s stuff.

Gay Bowser · May 28, 2020

Herb Alpert said:
Yeah it seems a lot of people were expecting a whole theme Park.
It's a themed Land from a theme Park.

This always happens. Idiots lost their shit when they found out that Disney’s “Star Wars theme park” had ZOMG only two rides!!1

Most of the action happens inside show buildings anyway.

Funnily, the reaction I’ve seen from the theme park community to these photos is much more positive than the reaction here.

PucePikmin · May 28, 2020

They ain't skimping on this thing -- that's a lot of shit packed in there.

Linde · May 28, 2020

that image really challenges your perspective lol

id be interested in a pokemon theme park, i dont think mario is as exciting to me

Aerial image provides one of the best looks into Super Nintendo World that we've seen since it was announced - And it looks GLORIOUS

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